Prognosis of Atrial Fibrillation

Deaths and Mortality Rates

Deaths from Atrial Fibrillation: 8,338 deaths (NHLBI 1999)

Estimated mortality rate for Atrial Fibrillation from prevalence and deaths statistics:

• Deaths: 8,338 (USA annual deaths calculated from this data: 8,338 deaths (NHLBI 1999))
• Incidence: 2,000,000 (USA prevalence calculated from this data: 2 million (NHLBI)
• 0.42% (ratio of deaths to prevalence).
• See also Deaths and Atrial Fibrillation and Overview of Atrial Fibrillation.

Complications:

Complications of Atrial Fibrillation may include:

• Stroke
• Heart failure
• Coronary thrombosis (see Heart symptoms)
• Embolism
• Death
• more complications...»

Complications of Atrial Fibrillation from the Diseases Database include:

• Cerebrovascular accident
• Embolism
• more complications...»

See also complications of Atrial Fibrillation.

Atrial Fibrillation: Research More

• Atrial Fibrillation: Introduction
• Deaths: Atrial Fibrillation
• Symptoms: Atrial Fibrillation
• Complications: Atrial Fibrillation
• Causes: Atrial Fibrillation
• Treatments: Atrial Fibrillation

About prognosis:

The 'prognosis' of Atrial Fibrillation usually refers to the likely outcome of Atrial Fibrillation. The prognosis of Atrial Fibrillation may include the duration of Atrial Fibrillation, chances of complications of Atrial Fibrillation, probable outcomes, prospects for recovery, recovery period for Atrial Fibrillation, survival rates, death rates, and other outcome possibilities in the overall prognosis of Atrial Fibrillation. Naturally, such forecast issues are by their nature unpredictable.

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